U.S. Raw-Steel Production Rises
By 1.1% During the Latest Week

a Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter

Updated Feb. 26, 2002 12:01 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- Raw-steel production by the nation's mills increased 1.1% in the week ended Feb. 23 to 1,894,000 tons compared with the 1,874,000 tons produced the previous week, the American Iron and Steel Institute said.

The week's output was down 2.6% from the 1,945,000 tons produced during the year-earlier period.